Stake



.l. H. WITTM'ANN.

STAKE.

APHICATION FILED MAY 5. 1919. RENEWED JULY 11, 1922.

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Application filed May 5, 1919, Serial in). 294,856. Renewed any17,1 22. 'seiiaine sraeee.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LJOSEPH I-I. Wrr'r- MANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stakes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had.

to the accompanying drawingaand to they letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this spec1fication.

This invention relates to a chain anchor-f ing stake adapted primarily to anchor a chain or flexible connection which is used to assist a motor vehicle in pulling itself out of the mud.

Heretofore it has been customary to use a rope, cable or chain, one end of which may be attached to a stake driven in the ground or to a tree, and the other end to one of the drive wheels of the motor vehicle and then start the engine so that the wheel will wind up the flexible connection and thus enable the motor vehicle to be pulled out of the hole by its own power. :In actual. practice, the car not infrequently starts out of the hole or mud suddenly and with considerable speed and where stakes are used, the stakes are sometimes over-run so that asthe car passes over the stake, it is pulled from the ground and whips against the mud guard or fender causing considerable damage. I

It is one of the purposes of my invention to provide an anchoring stake for a flexible connection as, for example, a chain,having means for releasably engaging the flexible connection so that in the event that the stake is over-run, the flexible connection will auto-' matically release itself so as to avoid, the objections above enumerated.

In the drawings, 7 Fig. I is a fragmentary perspective view of a motor vehicle having a flexibleconnect-ion anchored to a stake'constructed in ac cordance with my invention. Fig. II is a fragmentary side elevational view of a stake to which the flexible con-, nection is secured, the dotted lineslndicat-v ing the position of theflexible connection as it is releasing itself from the stake.

Fig. III. is a detail perspective view of a stake constructed in accordance with my invention, and

Fig. IV is a reversefview of the stake I shown in Fig." III, and p Fig. Vis a perspective view of a rubber covered connection chain.

In carrying out the invention I prefer to construct a stake of a single piece of sheet form of a loop having its ends fastened to p the head 4; by rivets or other suitable connection 7 whereby the stake may be readily removed from the groundby an upward pull on the handle or bail 6. 8 and 9 designate the two side -members of an anti-skid chain which may serve as a flexible connection, the links 10 and 11 of which may engage the notches 5 of thestake and the opposite ends of the members 8 and 9 being secured together by a chain 12 preferably covered by rubber 13to embrace a spoke 14 of the wheel 15 of a motor vehicle 16.

By reference to Fig. II it will be observed that that handle or bail "6 serves a dual purpose. 'Not only is itadapted to beengaged to remove the stake but when it is in the horizontal position shown in Fig. II it serves as a shelf or support for the link 10 so that the link 10 may not swing down he.

low a horizontal plane and thereby become wedged with respect to the stake. The bail 6 cannot drop'below a horizontal plane on accountofthe swaged-out portions of the stake forming an abutment. This constru'c- I tlon 1S important as it prevents llability of I the link and stake becoming wedged to-' gether so as to interfere with the releasingof the chainwhen the motor vehicle passes the stake or stakesr Whenth'e parts are in th Position Shown be released from thenotches as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. II. After the chain 10 ters-Pa-tent is:

A stake comprising a piece of sheet metal bent back upon itself to form diverging Wings, the Wings being crimped together at the upper portion of the stake and having a notch in one face thereof, and a loop eon- I nect-ed to the crimped portion of the stake.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOSEPH H. WITTMANN. 

